Vulnerability · Published Oct 6, 2021 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2021-34766Cisco Smart Software Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM On-Prem) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges and create, read, update, or delete records and settings in multiple functions. This vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization of the System User and System Operator role capabilities. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directly accessing a web resource. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create, read, update, or delete records and settings in multiple functions without the necessary permissions on the web UI.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem	n/a

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

20211006 Cisco Smart Software Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO